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-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 11:50 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Download Text file - SOLVED??? You thought THAT was funny. We just got around to testing it in I.E. 5.x on a Mac and lo and behold, it wasn't working! It was trying to download the actual .cfm template that was being loaded in the browser so now we're trying to do a work around. When we were discussing this page in our planning meetings all 4 of us came to a very quick conclusion that we'll just make a link to the file and be done with it. When I struggled with it, the senior developer, in the manner of John Wayne coming to the rescue, said "just give it to me, I'll have it fixed in like 10 minutes..." A day later and we're still trying to make the damned thing work. He called the client yesterday, while I was out, begging the client to let us change the format but the client said no way! Then Brendan handed me the solution. It took me all of 10 minutes to adapt the code and voila! Then the senior developer, the John Wayne guy who was more like Jerry Lewis after dealing with this, began his testing on all of the different platforms and OS's and CRASH!!! The solution? Use JavaScript to detect what they're using and then giving them the appropriate instructions. Now, not only have I lost those four hairs, but now I have developed a twitch in my left eye. See ya in the loony bin!!!! Michael Corrigan Programmer Endora Digital Solutions 1900 S. Highland Avenue, Suite 200 Lombard, IL 60148 630/627-5200 x-136 630/627-5255 Fax ----- Original Message ----- From: Benjamin Falloon To: CF-Community Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 1:33 PM Subject: Re: Download Text file - SOLVED!! LOL!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 5:07 AM Subject: Re: Download Text file - SOLVED!! > Much thanks to all for your help. I implemented Brendan's idea and it > worked. > > We had to save these things in text files because they are press > releases and had to be kept that way. The client wanted a "Download > now" button that was actually a hyperlink that was supposed to simply > download the file. The client was also very insistent that the page not > submit to a "Confirmation" page and wanted it to look as if it "just did > it without bouncing through a whole bunch of pages" So, I used a cfif > block to look for a certain parameter and passed the successful value > back through the same template and then executed the code as Brendan > suggested. So it ended up like this. > > <cfif thisvariable eq "true"> > <cfheader NAME="Content-Disposition" VALUE="inline; > filename=whateveryouwanttheresultingfilenametobe.txt"> > <cfcontent type="application/superrandomnoway" > file="#expandpath("test.txt")#" deletefile="No"> > </cfif> > > .. > > <a > href="http://www.thispage.com/thispage.cfm?thisvariable=true";><img > src="images/downloadimage.jpg"></a> > > Thanks again everyone for your help. I actually still have four hairs > left on my head. I plan on growing them really long and then doing a > combover. > > Michael Corrigan > Programmer > Endora Digital Solutions > 1900 S. Highland Avenue, Suite 200 > Lombard, IL 60148 > 630/627-5200 x-136 > 630/627-5255 Fax > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Brendan Avery > To: CF-Community > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 6:30 PM > Subject: RE: Download Text file - HAHAHA > > > <cfheader NAME="Content-Disposition" VALUE="inline; > filename=whateveryouwanttheresultingfilenametobe.txt"> > <cfcontent type="application/superrandomnoway" > file="#expandpath("test.txt")#" deletefile="No"> > > > i chose application/superrandomnoway cause it's unlikely to launch any > related apps. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 15:14 > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Download Text file > > > I guess you could use <cfcontent> and set some mime type that would > normaly > cause a download prompt. > > Todd > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 4:47 PM > Subject: Download Text file > > > > OK, I know this is an HTML 101 question, but I can not for the life > of > > me remember how to do this. How can I download a text file by > simply > > allowing the user to click on a link? Normally, you just treat it > like > > any other non html file and the browser will invoke the explorer > window > > and give you the change to "Save as..." but the .txt file just shows > up > > in the browser. Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? > > > > Thanks all, > > > > Michael Corrigan > > Programmer > > Endora Digital Solutions > > 1900 S. Highland Avenue, Suite 200 > > Lombard, IL 60148 > > 630/627-5200 x-136 > > 630/627-5255 Fax > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
